I spent 7 years teaching in an incredibly diverse 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts classroom. For the last 3 years, I have been an Instructional Coach, working with grades 3-8 primarily in ELA as well.
This is a modified version of my chapter questions for a novel study of "The Skin I'm In" - great for use with ELLs, students with IEPs, and struggling readers. Sentence stems are already built in for them to use to answer questions!
My students always loved reading "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon Flake, and with this bundle, yours will too! It has questions that require them to make inferences, summarize, and make connections and includes a modified version with built-in sentence stems for ELLs, students with IEPs, or struggling readers. There is also vocabulary questions where students will use context clues to determine word meaning.
My students' favorite part of my class is always novel studies! This resource provides questions for every chapter of the book and provokes students to make inferences, summarize, and make connections while they read.
These vocabulary sheets are meant to be used during a novel study of "The Skin I'm In". They are set up in a test preparation style, where students will use their context clues to determine the meaning of the underlined word.
This is a modified version of the Freak the Mighty questions - great to use for ELLs, students with IEPs, and struggling readers. Sentence stems are already built in!
These chapter questions are to be used alongside Sharon Flake's book "The Skin I'm In". It was always a hit with my students because of the relatable characters!
This resource is great to use during a novel study of Freak the Mighty. There are challenging words selected from each chapter where students use context clues to determine the meaning.
I spent 7 years teaching in an incredibly diverse 7th and 8th grade English Language Arts classroom. For the last 3 years, I have been an Instructional Coach, working with grades 3-8 primarily in ELA as well.
My own education history
I attended school in grades K-12 at very small schools in rural Illinois. I went on to study English, Secondary Education, and Spanish at the University of Illinois. Most recently, I have completed a Master's degree in Educational Leadership.
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